I thank you very much, Mr. President, for convening this timely and important discussion. We commend the co-Chairs of the informal Working Group on Documentation and Other Procedural Questions, Denmark and Pakistan, for taking up the important work of promoting the transparency and accountability of…
I thank the Russian Federation for convening this timely and important debate and the Secretary-General for his insightful remarks this morning. We also welcome the statement issued by the Council on the occasion of United Nations Day that the President read out this morning.
Allow me to offer Sing…
I am honoured to address the General Assembly on behalf of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). ASEAN expresses its support for draft resolution A/79/L.6, on the necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba.
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I would like to begin by extending my congratulations to His Excellency Judge Nawaf Salam on his election as the President of the International Court of Justice. Allow me to convey to President Salam my delegation’s best wishes for a successful and impactful term. My delegation also thanks President…
I thank you, Sir, for convening this debate in a timely fashion. I also thank the President of the Security Council for the month of June, the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea, Mr. Joonkook Hwang, for introducing the Council’s report (A78/2) earlier today. I take this opportunity to…
Let me begin by aligning Singapore with the statement made by the representative of Norway on behalf of a group of countries.
We are meeting today because one permanent member of the Security Council, the Russian Federation, exercised its veto on 28 March (see S/PV.9591) and prevented the adoption …
Singapore attaches great importance to the issue of combating Islamophobia, and we thank the Organization of Islamic Cooperation for submitting this timely resolution (resolution 78/264).
As a multicultural and multireligious country, Singapore also attaches great importance to combating all forms …
I thank you very much, Mr. President, for convening this timely and important discussion. We commend Japan for taking
up the important work of promoting transparency and accountability of the Council as Chair of the Informal Working Group on Documentation and Other Procedural Questions. We also tha…
We thank the President for convening today’s debate on the use of the veto, under plenary agenda item 63. We very much regret that we are meeting for the second time this year under this agenda item, to discuss yet another veto cast by a permanent member of the Security Council. Singapore aligns its…
We are gathered in the General Assembly again to discuss the long-standing issue of the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022 was and remains a serious blow to international law and to the multilateral system. We are unfortunately entering the …
The annual resolution on oceans and the law of the sea remains one of the most important draft resolutions that the General Assembly adopts each year. Known as the oceans omnibus resolution, it covers a broad spectrum of issues, developments and activities pertaining to ocean affairs and the law of …
I would like to begin by thanking the Permanent Representative of Kuwait, His Excellency Mr. Tareq Albanai, and the Permanent Representative of Austria, His Excellency
Mr. Alexander Marschik, the two co-Chairs of the intergovernmental negotiations process, for their hard work during the previous se…
In his speech at the inaugural sitting of the International Court of Justice, on 18 April 1946, the first President of the General Assembly, His Excellency Mr. Paul-Henri Spaak, said:
“I would not venture to assert that the International Court of Justice is the most important organ of the United Na…
I am honoured to address the General Assembly on behalf of the 10 States members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to express our support for the draft resolution contained in document A/78/L.5, on the necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by …
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this important annual debate. I also thank you for the very comprehensive and detailed statement you made at the outset. I thank the President of the Security Council for the month of June, the Permanent
Representative of the United Arab Emirates, Her Excel…
I join others in thanking the President of the General Assembly for convening this important meeting. We also thank the Secretary- General for his report entitled “Development and the responsibility to protect: recognizing and addressing embedded risks and drivers of atrocity crimes” (A/77/910), whi…
We thank you, Mr. President, for convening today’s important debate under agenda item 60, which gives members an opportunity to review the implementation of resolution 76/262, on a standing mandate for a General Assembly debate when a veto is cast in the Security Council.
Today’s debate is also an …
Singapore aligns itself with the statement that was delivered by the Prime Minister of Vanuatu on behalf of the core group of countries. Singapore fully supported resolution 77/276, adopted today, and we welcome the fact that it was adopted by consensus. The resolution that we adopted requests the I…
I take the floor to explain Singapore’s vote on resolution 77/222, which was just adopted under sub-item (b) of agenda item 68, entitled “Moratorium on the use of the death penalty”. Singapore voted against the moratorium resolution, and I want to place the position of my delegation on record in the…
I have the honour to make this statement on behalf of Ambassador Tommy Koh, who served as President of the third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea, from 1981 to 1982. Ambassador Tommy Koh — or Professor Tommy Koh, as we call him — also served as the Permanent Representative of Singapo…
